People and Land in the Holiness Code: An Exegetical Study of the Ideational Framework of the Law in Leviticus 17-26 - Couverture rigide

Joosten, Jan

 
9789004105577: People and Land in the Holiness Code: An Exegetical Study of the Ideational Framework of the Law in Leviticus 17-26
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 9004105573 ISBN 13 : 9789004105577
Editeur : Brill, 1996

Synopsis

This work proposes a reconstruction of the thought world underlying the Holiness Code (Leviticus 17-26). It focuses on the notions of people and land, which are central to the way the law is presented in this corpus. Important themes treated include the sons of Israel, the resident alien, the call to holiness, the camp in the desert and the land as the property of the Lord.
The conceptual universe of the Holiness Code is entirely dominated by the notion of the presence of the Lord in his sanctuary, in the midst of his people. It is this presence which requires the Israelites to observe holiness and confers upon the land its particular status.
The priestly conception of the relationship between God, people and land finds interesting parallels in the ideology of holy places evidenced in writings from the Ancient Near East.

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À propos de l?auteur

Jan Joosten, Ph.D. in Semitic languages (Jerusalem, 1989) and Doctor of Theology (Brussels, 1994), is Professor of Biblical Philology at the Faculté Protestante in Strasbourg. He has published on textual criticism and Hebrew grammar as well as on the theology of priestly writings in the OT.

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Éditeur
Brill
Date d'édition
1996
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9004105573
ISBN 13 
9789004105577
Reliure
Cuir/luxe
Nombre de pages
240
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